Columnist Barth Keck says the campaign that ends today, along with its endless – and utterly baseless – claims of immigrants invading the country "from prisons and jails, insane asylums and mental ...

She concluded her career at the Margaret Chase Smith School, retiring after 42 years of dedicated service to the community’s children and families. In 1974, Margaret’s best friend in high ...

One of their predecessors in putting country over party was Margaret Chase Smith. Mrs. Smith, Republican of Maine, was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress in the both the House (1940 ...

Kamala Harris is only the second woman to be a major party's presidential candidate, following Hillary Clinton in 2016. In ...

By 1964, Margaret Chase Smith sought a major party nomination, and Shirley Chisholm became the first Black candidate to do so ...

Belva Lockwood was the presidential candidate of the National Equal Rights Party in 1882 and 1886, but it wasn’t until 1964 ...

With Vice President Kamala Harris in a tight race with former President Donald Trump to become the next president of the ...

Eating is always a part of the likability test for politicians. But for Kamala Harris, it goes beyond optics—her passion for food runs deep.

On Election Night, Lewiston’s telegraph office, located in the Journal building at the time, “was the scene of the most ...

Learn more. When I was a girl in Farmington, I was in awe of Republicans like Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and Democrats like Sen. Edmund Muskie. For many years Western Maine produced strong leaders ...